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Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots (McCone Commission). "Violence in the City: An End or a Beginning? (December 2, 1965).
This document is background to a five-part series of chapters covering the mayoral election campaigns of Sam Yorty in 1961, 1965, 1969, and 1973 (the last two against Tom Bradley), the ballot repeal of the Rumford Fair Housing Act, and the Watts Riot and its aftermath that changed the racial side of Yorty's campaigning.
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Campaign of 1961: "The Trash-Talking Candidate Who Wasn't Supposed to Win" (California Policy Options 2018)
Yorty conducts a "populist" campaign against the downtown elite, especially the Los Angeles Times.
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A state ballot proposition voids the Rumford fair housing law, an event often viewed as a contributing factor towards the Watts Riot: "Backlash: California Moves Left and Right: The Rumford Fair Housing Act and Proposition 14 of 1964" (California Policy Options 2023).
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Campaign of 1965: "Before the Storm: Sam Yorty's Second Election as Mayor of Los Angeles" (California Policy Options: 2021)
Yorty charms the Los Angeles Times and gets its endorsement. The Watts Riot occurs and the McCone Commission report appears. Yorty sees little role for the City in the aftermath of Watts.
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Campaign of 1969: "Round 1: Bradley Versus Yorty" (California Policy Options 2022)
Yorty conducts a racially-charged campaign against Tom Bradley and wins.
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Campaign of 1973: "Round 2: Bradley Versus Yorty" (California Policy Options 2023)
Yorty conducts a racially-charged campaign against Tom Bradley and loses.
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Background materials:
Rumford Fair Housing Act of 1963 (California)
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Violence in the City - McCone Commission Report on Watts Riot: 1965
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